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I found [email protected] is quicker for a response.
Maybe there's something wrong with mine then.
Amen break works perfectly in AUM.
However in GR2 - the built-in keyboard doesn't trigger the sounds (works from C3 up in AUM - but no sound in GR2)
Also the pads (in chromatic mode on GR2) do not trigger any sound also.
No connected MIDI controller triggers any sound in GR2 - and the same controller triggers Amen sounds in AUM.
The only way to get sound out in GR2 is to click on the buttons in Amen plugin. So this is no good for me to use it as a creation tool.
How is it working for you? What midi controller do you use to trigger the sounds? What octave does this work in for you?
Just tested and it still doesn't work for me.
Thanks!
Of course. I posted the email a couple of times, but honestly it's probably buried. The thread is now 43 pages long. 🤣
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Clips aside, I still think NS2 is the most comparable MIDI DAW to GR2. Just by how fast and immediate they are to lay down midi patterns and get very usable sounds with their capable built in synths and samplers.
NS2’s Obsidian has more depth than GR2’s synths, but GR2 more than makes up for it with clips/layers/SF2, and seems to be a more stable, less crash prone environment so far.
Grooverider 2 came around at a perfect time to carry the torch, making NS2’s departure less painful of a loss.
NS2 is crash-prone and unstable?? 😮😮🤷♂️
Very, very surprised to hear it described that way - I’ve literally had just 1 crash ever in god-knows how many years of daily usage.
If this is any indication of what is to come…
Sonar by bandlab never sounded so good..
Nice..
I agree. GR2 feels like NS2 on steroids.
I much prefer the workflow for GR2.
Yea sorry, it doesn’t work with the keyboard for me either…
I think I'd give that one to Zenbeats as far as similarity in workflow and capabilities. It's sort of like GR-2 with audio tracks. It's not as focused and elegant though. I love how virtually everything you need in GR-2 is either right in front of you or within one or two taps (with a long press or two thrown in). Which is funny because until I learned my way around, my first impression was it was a mess. It's by far the most streamlined full-song music making app I've ever used.
When it comes to external audio, yeh, it's similar to NS2. 😉
(though I think I can live with the GR2 sampler better than I could get along with sampling to Slate or Obsidian for some reason.)
Hey, thanks, but does It follow transport? I mean, does It sound when you hit play in GR2? I just want to be sure before i buy GR2 that its not the same case as with beatmaker, where Amen does not follow host transport no matter in gate or trigger mode, it just makes no sound. weird that in drambo or AUM it behaves as should be, its a beatmaker thing only as far as i know.
I don't know - as I can't get it to work as I would use it. If I remember correctly, the dev had to do a specific fix to get it to work in AUM. So it may be worth reaching out to him and see if he can fix it so it works in GR2.
Outside of that, GR2 is fun to use, well thought out and worth getting.
The amen break behaviour as far as I can see can be replicated pretty easily with GR2 sampler, even with GR-16 it was possible
Is there anything special about it? the default loops?
It's a lot of fun in loop mode. Pressing a pad controller and remixing the break in real time. Spent way too long lost in this without recording a thing.
But yes, you could replicate it in GR2 sampler also.
While ns2 was the king of the hill, definitely in terms of a groovebox-quasi-DAW, (and I just discovered ns2 when it was $5), GR2 crushes it in every way (except that it doesn’t have tempo/time sign changes), i mean every single way possible. It is ns2 on steroids and what i would imagine ns3 would either have been or tried hard to compete with.
Jim audio calls it a Daw himself , not a groovebox, so maybe he’ll be able to add tempo/time changes later? Or even audio tracks ?? Let’s just not bet on it like yall did with ns2
Whatever the case even if ns3 came out, this would give it a run for its money - the signal chain template is unlike anything else I’ve ever seen
Besides CB3 (and LP) this is the ultimate music maker on this platform atm
https://whyp.it/tracks/261497/gr2-mixdown?token=fyzfa
A feature I like a lot in Loopy Pro is to get a groove going, then to be able to just click on a donut and it'll start recording when the bar begins even tho I clicked the donut before hand. So no need to time the recording manually. Are GR2 clips behaving in the same way?
Yes. They also automatically overdub, so you can start up recording and then start playing when you feel like it.
The sampler is different. It starts recording immediately. You then need to trim the clip. Hopefully there will be a link to transport option some day.
There’s no auto-grow when recording midi clips, so you either need to size the clip in advance, or record instead to the timeline and then copy the clip to the clip launcher grid.
How do you render a song from the clip mode? It seems I cannot do it correctly.
Is it the top corner button square to set the follow track thing?
Like how do you have it kind of render to song in the order your clips run ?
Is GR2 still as strong after the honeymoon phase? I was waiting for Loopy Pros midi update but as it seems to be still a few months until its release (I read that there should be another beta phase which hasn't started yet), I'm tempted to try GR2. What are your thoughts?
It's a keeper. I generally go through a honeymoon phase while I learn something because I like the challenge, but then lose interest. GR-2 was different. My first impressions weren't great. Getting past that, I have liked it more and more, and now like it as much, in very different ways, as Loopy Pro and Drambo. Those are now my top three apps, and they all feel like they'll stay that way.
GR2 is no replacement for Loopy Pro. It's not even an ideal companion. What it is though is an efficient and fun song creation tool, just like Loopy and Drambo, but different from them both.
I'm not sure what you mean by "render a song". Do you mean render to an audio file (or stems), or do you mean render a clip performance to the time line?
Turn Song Mode on, go to the clip launcher, press record, then play your clips. The performance will end up in the timeline. When done, go to the timeline and press Back to Song to return to song mode.
+1
I actually agree with you this time for once!!
My picks for iOS are
CB3 - straight daw
GR2 - groove/daw/ something unique - as Jim one said it’s like the op1 turned into a iOS software
LP - hw + sw daw
Drambo - hw+sw groovebox/midi master controller
(AUM is a fantastic tool idk how to describe)?
Honorable mentions
N-track daw
AEMS daw
Logic daw
Zb3 (if updated lol) daw
from that I think we have a very complete and versatile ecosystem
gr2 is something else tho; what a masterful piece of software
the second one answers the questions
Thanks
Thanks guys, will dig into it tomorrow! I really like playing my Novation Circuit but I often find it too restrictive from a timeline/song building and automation point of view. GR2 looks to be exactly what I could be looking for.
If you feel put off at first, keep pushing through. This one was odd for me because at first it seemed like several things were way off of how I thought they should be. But over time it started to fall in place and I changed my mind. Most of the things that initially put me off now make more sense than I thought.
Will keep that in mind, thanks again!
For me personally it's still going strong. I'm not only building an album with GR2, but I also did some client work with GR2 as well. 😃 $35 well spent in my honest opinion, and it has more than paid for itself.
I love Cubasis 3 as well, so yeah don't get it twisted. I do a lot of client work in Cubasis 3. But it's not as quick to get down an idea in as GR2 is. In Cubasis 3, I lay out an idea using the default acoustic piano sound just to lay down chords, bass, and melody before fleshing out the arrangement. In GR2, I can just go "straight for the jugular", right to the heart of things.
I have plenty of great soundfonts (most of them DSK Music, one baller Papelmedia multi-timbral soundfont I forgot I had, and a KK Slider soundfont in case I want to do an Animal Crossing-styled track, lol 😂 ). I also have Poison-202 and Pure Acid, both of which integrate superbly into the GR2 software structure. (Although, Poison-202's integration is more that of a preset player, whereas Pure Acid's integration is far more customisable.)
And GR2's IFX are also extremely superb, simple, and well thought out. Nothing complex. It also has a preset signal path where everything can be placed in a logical order. It has its limitations, but it shoves aside the more technical bullshit so you can get straight into the creativity.
I've yet to try its clips section though. Just doesn't interest me personally, so someone else can comment on that. However, the timeline section is extremely well thought out and quick to manipulate MIDI clips and automation with. Easy.
The only time I find myself reaching for any AUv3 effects is when I want to master a track in the Master FX section. I use Grand Finale 2's EDM Punch preset and set the input gain to roughly -14LuFS. Then NoLimits 2 with its gain set to +1dB and output to -1dB. (Sometimes a stray peak will escape Grand Finale 2, and I want to ensure I have -1dB headroom so when the quality is reduced when converted to lossy formats like mp3 and m4a, it doesn't clip.) That's literally it.
All in all, an amazing app.
Thanks for taking the time mate, real thoughtful! I think I've read somewhere that you were using Koala Sampler a bit? If so, do you think Koala can have it's use in GR2? I love Koalas workflow and would be happy to bring it over into GR2.
Also, I'm new to soundfonts, if I remember correctly there was a thread about soundfont packs. I will have to go check this out!